Francis beattie



Patented Ian. 3, I899.

No. 6l7,22l.

r. BEATTIE. BILLIARD CUE HOLDER. (Application filad Nov. 22, 1897.)

(No Model.)

llnrrnn STATES FRANCIS BEATTIE, OF BANFF, CANADA.

BlLLlARD-CUE HOLDER.

{$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,221, dated January3, 1899.

Application filed November 22, 1897. Serial No. 659,375. (No model.)

which I have obtained Canadian Patent No.

56,247, dated June 12, 1897;) and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My said invention relates to improvements in stands or racks for holdingbilliard-cues in a pool or billiard room.

In most of the stands of which I am aware it is necessary to pass thetip of the one through an opening and raise the cue until the butt-endrests upon the supporting-base, this taking considerable time, and inpassing the tip through the opening and in withdrawing it the tip isoften injured and the end of the cue scratched. In fact, I have found inusing the ordinary cue racks or stands that more tips are broken inplacing the cues in and removing them from the ordinary racks than thereare in actual use in playing.

The object of the present invention is to provide a stand or rack whichshall be free from the defects above mentioned and which will hold thecues in convenient position to be taken for use, and which, whilepermitting their ready removal when desired, will hold them effectivelyagainst accidental displacement.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicl1--Figure 1 is a plan View of the stand, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe same.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a suitable support orcross-bar carrying a series of projecting arms 2, corresponding innumber to the size of the holder or stand and the number of the cueswhich it is desired the stand shall hold. These arms 2 are bifurcatedhorizontally on their outer ends to provide spaces in which arejournaled disks 3, which are designed to retain the ends of the cuesbetween the arms. The disks are preferably made of rubber, thicker inthe center and tapering toward the edges, and it is advisable to makethe edges notched or serrated.

It is desirable to form the arms of metal with screw-shanks, as shown indetail in Fig. 1, so that they may be screwed directly into any suitablewooden support, the cross-bar 1 above referred to being representativeof any such support, and may be readily removed and replaced. Thiscross-bar may be supported at a suitable height above a base 5 by meansof the side standards 6, and the base is preferably channeled orrecessed, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to retain the buttend ofthe cues in place.

The arms are placed sufliciently far apart to readily accommodate theupper ends of the cues and so that the edges of the adjacent disks areof slightly less distance apart than the diameter of the portion of theone which contacts with them when the one is in the position shown indotted lines. By reason of this the friction of the one with the diskswill, when the cue is in the position referred to, prevent the cue fromfalling out of the space between the two arms; but when it is desired toremove the one it is only necessary to grasp it and draw it outwardly,when the disks will rotate and permit the cue to swing out from betweenthe arms and be released thereby.

It will ofcourse be understood that the stand may be made of anysuitable material and of any size to adapt it for holding any number ofcues.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. A billiard-cueholder comprising a sup port; arms carried thereby providing space forthe cues; and rotatable frictional retaining-pieces formed of resilientmaterial for retaining the cues in said spaces, said retaining-piecesbeing mounted on the same horizontal plane, substantially as described.

2. A billiard-cue holder comprising a support; arms, having bifurcatedouter ends secured to said support; and disks formed of resilientmaterial, journaled in said bifurca tions, said disks being on the samehorizontal plane, substantially as described.

8. A billiard-cue holder comprising a base having a recessed face toreceive the buttends of the cues; a cross-bar supported from said base;arms carried by said cross-bar and 'In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my having bifurcated ends; and disks of i'esilihand in presence oftwo Witnesses. ent material rotatably journaled in said bifurcations andretaining the upper ends of FRANCIS BEATTIE' 5 the cues between thearms, said disks being Witnesses:

journaled 0n the same horizontal plane, sub- J. G. CLARK,

stantially as described. GEO. PARIS.

